Maker Faire Bay Area 2019 May 17-19

Name: Maker Faire Bay Area
Start: 2019-05-17
End: 2019-05-19
Location: San Mateo County Event Center

Three Days of Creativity, Innovation, and Celebration

Maker Faire Bay Area will take over the San Mateo County Event Center Friday, May 17—Sunday, May 19

Friday 1pm—5pm ● Saturday 10am—7pm ● Sunday 10am—6pm

Join Us This Weekend!

PROGRAM GUIDE + MAP

Browse featured presenters and makers across 8 stages and more than 500 exhibits, and a map of Maker Faire Bay Area 2019. Downloadable PDF!

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PROGRAM GUIDE + MAP

EXHIBITS + MAKERS

Check out the full lineup of exhibitors and makers coming to MFBA19!

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EXHIBITS + MAKERS

SCHEDULE: STAGES

Browse the full schedule for 8+ stages brimming with presentations, performances, and how-tos across science, art, craft and engineering.

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SCHEDULE: STAGES

The Future We Make: Explore The 2019 Highlights

New Tech

The future of 3D printing (spoiler: it’s now), AI, machine learning, open-source, digital fabrication, microcontrollers, DIY drones, the “right” to repair, and more.

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New Tech

Hands-On Workshops

Lacemaking, felting, laser cutting, soldering, light saber training, unicorns, breadboards, and more. Plus 40 advance-registration workshops for more in-depth, hands-on experiences.

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Hands-On Workshops

Art + Spectacle

Giant sculptures, kinetic art, and racing mechs: meet some of the fantastic (and fantastical) works coming to Maker Faire Bay Area this year.

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Art + Spectacle

Make: Space

From projects that bring the cosmos to the classroom, to startups and venerable players pursuing innovative and beneficial commercial endeavors, the space community has new ventures happening on all sides.

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Make: Space

Climate Protection

Solving the world’s largest problem takes agile and open minds, prowess and fluency in technology, and interdisciplinary thinking. Climate protection is on the mind and in the hands of makers at Maker Faire Bay Area 2019.

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Climate Protection

Cosplay Contest

Makers! Cosplayers! Show off your masks, your wands, your headgear, your swords, your arsenal, and your amazing accessories! Enjoy an appreciative audience and community of makers with a fantastic selection of prop makers and expert judges at Maker Faire Bay Area.

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Cosplay Contest

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Our Featured Presenters: Makers on the Frontiers of Thinking and Doing

Melodie Yashar

Adam Savage

Saul Griffith

Brent Bushnell

Sophy Wong

Graham Hawkes

More Featured Presenters

Check out hundreds of hands-on and interactive exhibits ● Explore 8 stages brimming with presentations, performances and how-tos across science, art, craft and engineering ● See Adam Savage’s inspiring “Sunday Sermon” ● Try your hand at circuitry, lace making, and light saber training ● Get up close to the newest Maker tech tools & platforms ● Hone your drone operator chops with the Museum of Future Sports ● Explore mobile architecture in the Tiny Home Zone ● Witness physical feats of flex and power on the Dance Battle stage ● Shop for handmade and hard-to-find crafts at the SFBazaar ● Big art! Droids! Robots! Racecars! Drones! Fire! ● Glimpse the future and get inspired at Maker Faire!

Check out the Full Schedule

The Nitty Gritty: Details on #MFBA19

Media Registration

Corporate Tickets

Volunteer

Meet the 2019 Makers

Maria del Camino

Maria del Camino began with the vestige of a 1959 El Camino and the unfulfilled promise of a flying car. It is an electric vehicle that is mounted to a highly modified hydraulic excavator that may be operated manually or remotely via smart phone.

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Maria del Camino

The Traveling Spectacular

The Traveling Spectacular is a surrealist vaudeville experience. Complete with live music by the Oddjob Ensemble, grand illusions, sword swallowing, vaudevillian comedy a bevy of dancing beauties, and more. All set on a handcrafted mobile theatre.

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The Traveling Spectacular

RoboJam Competition 2019

We are continuing the tradition by bringing you RoboJam! A robot competition for every Robotics enthusiast. Won't you come play and have some robot fun? Hosted by Carrender Robotics

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RoboJam Competition 2019

Singularity

Singularity is an interactive art piece by artist Rebekah Waites that made it's debut at Burning Man last year. Multiple birdcages and houses pull spectators inside a shrinking world until they reach the point of singularity.

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Singularity

BayLUG (Bay Area LEGO Users Group)

An exhibit of LEGO creations by members of BayLUG (Bay Area LEGO Users Group).There will be static as well as moving displays like trains, robotics, fairground rides, great ball contraption. For the Maker Faire visitors there is a LEGO Play area

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BayLUG (Bay Area LEGO Users Group)

Perkunas 雷神藝術工作室 Fantasy Metal Creatures

Roy uses 3D printing to print out parts piece by piece as mold for casting metal parts. Each work parts are assembled by bolts & nuts, and become real, moveable creatures. Roy bases his metalworks on his observation of real creatures' structures.

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Perkunas 雷神藝術工作室 Fantasy Metal Creatures

Browse All 2019 Makers

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Maker Faire Bay Area News

News from Make: See all

Experience The Freshest Startups At Maker Faire Bay Area

Trying to launch a startup is incredibly hard work. Not only are you pouring your heart and soul into attempting to create and refine a product you’re passionate about, you also have to let the ...

Know Before You Go: The Inside Scoop on Maker Faire Bay Area 2019

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Learn To Wrangle Your Monster Projects And Enter To Win a 3D Printer With Quick Base At Maker Faire

You are creative and curious—you are makers, doers, and inventors. What if your passion project had a secret weapon? A partner-in-crime that supported all of your endeavors with customizable applica...

Maker Faire Bay Area 2019 May 17-19

Join Us Friday, Saturday & Sunday San Mateo County Event Center

Join Us This Weekend!

PROGRAM GUIDE + MAP

PROGRAM GUIDE + MAP

EXHIBITS + MAKERS

EXHIBITS + MAKERS

SCHEDULE: STAGES

SCHEDULE: STAGES

The Future We Make: Explore The 2019 Highlights

New Tech

New Tech

Hands-On Workshops

Hands-On Workshops

Art + Spectacle

Art + Spectacle

Make: Space

Make: Space

Climate Protection

Climate Protection

Cosplay Contest

Cosplay Contest

Our Featured Presenters: Makers on the Frontiers of Thinking and Doing

The Nitty Gritty: Details on #MFBA19

Meet the 2019 Makers

Maria del Camino

Maria del Camino

The Traveling Spectacular

The Traveling Spectacular

RoboJam Competition 2019

RoboJam Competition 2019

Singularity

Singularity

BayLUG (Bay Area LEGO Users Group)

BayLUG (Bay Area LEGO Users Group)

Perkunas 雷神藝術工作室 Fantasy Metal Creatures

Perkunas 雷神藝術工作室 Fantasy Metal Creatures

Thank You To Our Sponsors!

2019 Maker Faire Sponsors:

GOLDSMITH

SILVERSMITH

COPPERSMITH

MEDIA AND COMMUNITY

Maker Faire Bay Area News

Experience The Freshest Startups At Maker Faire Bay Area

Know Before You Go: The Inside Scoop on Maker Faire Bay Area 2019

Learn To Wrangle Your Monster Projects And Enter To Win a 3D Printer With Quick Base At Maker Faire

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